As a deity name
Name 700 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
conception or idea or notion formed in the mind or heart, (esp.) will, volition, desire, purpose, definite intention or determination or decision or wish for (with loc. dat., or if…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "saṅkalpāya" is the dative of "saṃkalpa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "saṃkalpa" is derived from "saṃ" with the kalpap suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
saṃ (in comp.) = 2. sam, q.v.
saṃ ind. (In composition,) With, together with, &c.; being the optional form of writing sam before a consonant: before consonants of the first five classes, the Anusvāra may be again changed to the nasal of the class to which the letter it precedes belongs, as saṃ for sam, and kalpa make saṅkalpa, &c.: before the semivowels, the sibilants, and ha, it preferably remains unaltered; practice however is very arbitrary in this respect, and the change is expressed or not, in all manuscripts according to the pleasure of the writer.
saṃ-kalpa &c. See saṃ-√ kḷp.
saṃ-kalpa m. (ifc. f(ā). ) conception or idea or notion formed in the mind or heart, (esp.) will, volition, desire, purpose, definite intention or determination or decision or wish for (with loc. dat., or ifc.), sentiment, conviction, persuasion
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Dictionary citations
saṃ-kalpa &c. See saṃ-√ kḷp.
saṃ-kalpa m. (ifc. f(ā). ) conception or idea or notion formed in the mind or heart, (esp.) will, volition, desire, purpose, definite intention or determination or decision or wish for (with loc. dat., or ifc.), sentiment, conviction, persuasion
saṃ (in comp.) = 2. sam, q.v.
saṃ ind. (In composition,) With, together with, &c.; being the optional form of writing sam before a consonant: before consonants of the first five classes, the Anusvāra may be again changed to the nasal of the class to which the letter it precedes belongs, as saṃ for sam, and kalpa make saṅkalpa, &c.: before the semivowels, the sibilants, and ha, it preferably remains unaltered; practice however is very arbitrary in this respect, and the change is expressed or not, in all manuscripts according to the pleasure of the writer.
Alternative readings
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